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<h1>Multi-User Environment</h1>
<p>Keep in mind, that the content of a mounted VeraCrypt volume is visible (accessible) to all logged on users. NTFS file/folder permissions can be set to prevent this, unless the volume is mounted as removable medium (see section
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<em>Volume Mounted as Removable Medium</em></a>) under a desktop edition of Windows Vista or later (sectors of a volume mounted as removable medium may be accessible at the volume level to users without administrator privileges, regardless of whether it is
 accessible to them at the file-system level).<br>
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Moreover, on Windows, the password cache is shared by all logged on users (for more information, please see the section
<em>Settings -&gt; Preferences</em>, subsection <em>Cache passwords in driver memory</em>).<br>
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Also note that switching users in Windows XP or later (<em>Fast User Switching</em> functionality) does
<em>not</em> dismount a successfully mounted VeraCrypt volume (unlike system restart, which dismounts all mounted VeraCrypt volumes).<br>
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On Windows 2000, the container file permissions are ignored when a file-hosted VeraCrypt volume is to be mounted. On all supported versions of Windows, users without administrator privileges can mount any partition/device-hosted VeraCrypt volume (provided that
 they supply the correct password and/or keyfiles). A user without administrator privileges can dismount only volumes that he or she mounted. However, this does not apply to system favorite volumes unless you enable the option (disabled by default)
<em>Settings</em> &gt; &lsquo;<em>System Favorite Volumes</em>&rsquo; &gt; &lsquo;<em>Allow only administrators to view and dismount system favorite volumes in VeraCrypt</em>&rsquo;.</p>
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